
Rob Lopata filed a "bruising," "pounding" primer on the fermented Mexican pineapple drink tepache.
Mark makes XO sauce at From Belly to Bacon.
More explosive food news after the jump.
Andrew Zimmern's in town shooting for Bizarre Foods again. Eater and TOC spoke to him.
City Winery opened and Grubstreet made a slideshow.
The Telegraph crew is taking over the neighboring Ciao Napoli space in Logan Square. They're gonna make bagels in the wood-burning oven, reports TOC.